Federal HHS Posts Two New Opinions on Gain-Sharing & Pay-for-Performance

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News On October 14, 2008, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted two opinions about plan designs related to gain-sharing and pay-for-performance initiatives. OIG Advisory Opinion No. 08-16 addresses a proposed arrangement in which a hospital would share performance-based compensation paid by an insurer with a physician-owned entity. OIG Advisory Opinion No. 08-15 addresses an existing multi-year arrangement in which a hospital shares a percentage of cost savings with groups of cardiologists. The . . .